British upper house election, 1847

The British upper house election, 1847 was held on 1 January 1847, when new peers were appointed to the House of Lords. The election saw the Whigs make minor gains in Parliament at the expense of the Conservative Party and the Tory Party, which lost seats in the House for the first time since 1839. The election allowed for the empowered liberal faction to push through the Universal Voting Act of 1847 that same day, achieving yet another triumph as the conservative cause weakened.